On 11 Oct 2007 04:01:07 GMT, (DoN. Nichols)
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Why would you need a 12" cross travel on a 10" lathe?
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If you are using the lathe as a mill it makes sense.

click on
http://littlemachineshop.com/product...2894&category=
several more available
for bigger lathes click on
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?P...&PARTPG=INLMK3

Some of the old time shops used an extra compound with an angle
plate. We made one of these in class.
http://mcduffee-associates.us/machin...theMilling.htm

Can be a life saver when space/funds are limited.


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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Merchants have no country.
The mere spot they stand on
does not constitute so strong an attachment
as that from which they draw their gains.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826),
U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814.